The document provides information on SAP's Business Intelligence technology updates. It summarizes new features in SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2, including improved self-service analytics, dashboards, reporting, predictive analysis, data visualization, mobile access, and connectivity to additional data sources. It also describes tools like Explorer for data exploration, the Information Design Tool, and integration with desktop reporting and mapping technologies.
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SAP BusinessObjects BI 4 Technology Platform
Enterprise
Portals
Microsoft
Office
On Demand
Services
BrowsersMobile Devices
ERP
SAP Business Suite
Oracle E-Business Suite
PeopleSoft
JD Edwards
Unstructured data in
Social Media and
Hadoop
OLAP Cubes
Embedded
Content
Microsoft
Excel
Oracle, IBM DB2,
Microsoft SQL Server
and other relational data
sources
Universe Semantic Layer
Business Intelligence Platform
EDW
SAP NetWeaver BW
Teradata
Other data warehouses
SAP HANA Platform
Self-Service Dashboards and apps Reporting
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Multi-Source Universe (unx)
Information Design Tool
Hierarchical Prompts, LOVs, etc
Multi-user Support
Solution Manager Integration
Identity Manager Integration
CTS Integration
Native BICS Access to BW
Single BI Infrastructure
Copy & Paste!
Simplified UI
Charting Engine
Native SAP Connectivity
Consume Analysis View
Legacy DeskI Features
Exploration Views
Improved UI
Create Measures
Support for HANA
64 bit, No 2 Gig limits
Real-time Monitoring
Alerts, Probes, Watches
Third Party Integration
(Wiley Interscope, etc)
BI Launchpad
Multi-Tab View
BI Workspaces
iOMS for Sharepoint
Support for iPhone, iPad
BusinessObjects
Mobile App (WebI, CR)
Explorer, Exploration Views
Augmented Reality
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0
Summary of new features
Crystal Reports
for Enterprise
Universe & BW
Connectivity
Usability &
Charting
Embedded Universe (unx)
HTML5 Support
Design + Content = 1 File
Design Studio for SAP BW
Data Visualization
Connect, Visualize, Share
Trellis Charting
Publish to HANA
Publish to Explorer
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SUP 2.2 & SUP cloud support
QR Code & Barcode Scan Support
Android for WebI & Dashboards
Single Sign-on
Automatic universe generation
on HANA views
RESTful Services, SL
Authoring, WebI,
Mobile, Mobile
Dashboards, etc.
Offline mobile
and desktop
dashboards
More visualizations
Simplified deployment
and migration tools
More Multi-tenancy
features
RTL in CR, WebI,
Launchpad & Mobile
Oracle Exadata,
Oracle OLAP, Oracle
Essbase, Hadoop on
Amazon Elastic
MapReduce, Teradata
14, Teradata OLAP,
OData, XML, Web
Services
Variable Variant
Support (A OLAP,
Design Studio)
Publishing (A Office)
Convert analysis to
Mobile (A OLAP, A
Office)
Combine Universes
with BEx Queries to
abstract the field
names
SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1
Summary of new features
SAP BusinessObjects 4.1
Summary of new features
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SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
One unified and complete BI Suite addressing the full spectrum of BI
Self-Service
Discover areas to optimize your
business
Adapt data to business needs
Tell your story with beautiful
visualizations
Discover. Predict. Create.
Dashboards and apps
Deliver engaging information to
users where they need it
Track key performance indicators
and summary data
Build custom experiences so users
get what they need quickly
Build engaging experiences
Reporting
Securely distribute information
across your organization
Give users the ability to ask and
answer their own questions
Build printable reports for
operational efficiency
Share information
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SAP BusinessObjects Explorer
Enable business users to quickly access information on their own
Provide business users with a simple experience to independently ask and answer
business questions on the fly
Quickly and easily explore your data
using search
Easily visualize your data
Geographic and Time awareness
Build simple, interactive dashboard
views (Exploration views)
Mobile ready
Overview
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Predictive Analysis
to gain an extremely deep understanding of your business
Provide Business Analysts with sophisticated algorithms to take the next step in
understanding their business and modeling outcomes.
Perform statistical analysis on your data
to understand trends and detect outliers
in your business
Build models and apply to scenarios to
forecast potential future outcomes
Breadth of connectivity to access almost
any data
Optimized for SAP HANA to support
huge data volumes and in-memory
processing
Overview
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Information Design Tool
4.x Universe Designer
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Desktop Intelligence Compatibility
Scope
Consumption of DeskI content in BI 4.1
using DeskI 3.1 client
SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise 3.1
SP6 FP6.1 will provide the DeskI client
the capability to connect to a BI 4.1 CMS
SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise 3.1
EoL timelines are still applicable on
Desktop Intelligence
Key Benefits
Important and critical DeskI documents
can be stored in BI 4.1
Customers gain additional time to
convert DeskI documents while on BI
4.1
Reduced TCO, as customers can retire
SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise 3.1
completely
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Desktop Intelligence
SAP Community Network (SCN)
http://scn.sap.com/community/businessobjects-bi-legacy-products/desktop-intelligence
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Desktop Intelligence
Converting Deski to Webi
http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-41571
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Desktop Intelligence
Report Conversion Paths
http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-41571
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Desktop Intelligence
Deski-Webi Feature Comparison
http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/Conversion+from+Desktop+Intelligence+to+Web+Intelligence
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Esri Mapping Integration for Webi and Dashboards
Galigeo
http://www.galigeo.com/products-overview/location-intelligence-products/sap-business-objects/
http://www.galigeo.com/learning-center/demo/
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Webi Cmaps Integration
Centigon Solutions
http://centigonknowledge.com/tutorial/configuring-cmapsextensionv2//